General Aviation
Vans RV-8 Standard
Manufacturer: Vans Aircraft
The Van's RV-8 is a tandem two‑seat, low‑wing kit aircraft built by Van's Aircraft. It is powered by a single piston engine and comes in two landing‑gear configurations: conventional gear on the RV‑8 and tricycle gear on the RV‑8A. The design is a larger, updated version of the earlier RV‑4, with a wider cockpit and greater useful load to accommodate larger pilots.
Aircraft Facts
- Type Key
- vans-rv-8-standard
- Class
- General Aviation
- Registry Count
- 2
- Example Registration
- N187AF
Specifications
- Wingspan
- 7.32 m / 24 ft
- Length
- 6.4 m / 21 ft
- Height
- 1.7 m / 5 ft
- Max Speed
- 356 km/h / 221 mph
- Cruise Speed
- 340 km/h / 210 mph
- Range
- 1510 km / 820 nmi
- Ceiling
- 6900 m / 22500 ft
- First Flight
- 1995
- Total Built
- 1611
Variants
- VANS RV-8 STANDARD- 2 registrations - Example N187AF
Related Aircraft
- Vans RV-8 - 1,116 registrations
- Vans RV-4 - 957 registrations
- Vans RV-6 - 894 registrations
- Vans RV-7A - 839 registrations
- Vans RV-6A - 794 registrations
- Vans RV-10 - 744 registrations
- Vans RV-7 - 714 registrations
- Vans RV-9A - 640 registrations
Machine-Readable Resources
Sources
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=187AF
- https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=496EM
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%27s_Aircraft_RV-8